The "Lion King" movie franchise is bringing in billions, but the actual species is suffering. This is why, why that matters, ...

The majestic lion is a true symbol of power and strength. With its glorious mane, predatory prowl, and fearsome roar, it seems only fitting to discover that there is only one species of the lion ...

Having overcome poison, poacher’s traps and even a brute buffalo, Africa’s favorite lion now makes record-breaking laps ...

A child who had been missing for five days was found alive in a vast game park inhabited by big cats and other wild animals ...

Kwanza died in 2021. The Birmingham Zoo worked with the Lion Species Survival Plan to identify a new male companion for Akili. Josh arrived in April 2022. In 2012, Akili’s offspring, the zoo’s ...

We petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list the Southern California and Central Coast mountain lion populations as “threatened” under the California Endangered Species Act. In ...

Two wild mountain lions on Washington's Olympic Peninsula have succumbed to bird flu, marking a troubling development in the spread of the disease across species. The Washington Department of Fish ...

Mountain lions are a large cat species with a tan, beige color and white belly and chest. Males can range from 115 to 220 pounds and females from 64 to 141 pounds, according to the National ...

Hennessy said 2024 was a “massive” year for the zoo with two baby gorillas — Juno and Venus — and three Asiatic lion cubs ... of an effort to save the species from a deadly fungus.

The animal ran approximately 50 yards before it died. Mountain lions, a protected species in Missouri, can only legally be killed when attacking livestock, domestic animals, or humans. The month ...

There are no lions left in North Africa, they are functionally extinct in West Africa, and they are under threat everywhere else. (The species is on the International Union for the Conservation of ...